How can we combat the waste that is plaguing the fashion industry? New York-based journalist and author of Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion, Elizabeth Cline rejoins Kate to discuss fashion waste, industry fixes and how to reclaim our love of fashion.By Magnifeco.com

Jessa Blades is a renowned celebrity makeup artist, herbalist and wellness expert dedicated to helping women heal themselves (and their skin) from the inside out. She joins Kate to discuss holiday beauty, wellness, cannabis, food-as-medicine and more.By Magnifeco.com

Why won't manufacturers put chemical ingredients on labels? Jon Whelan's documentary, STINK! follows him on a journey to discover the source of the strange odor coming from a new pair of pajamas, his young daughters got for Christmas. What he discovers should be a wake up call to us all, and has him advocating for truthful product labeling. Jon sit…

There are 9 smart billion phones on the planet (more than there are people) and between conflict minerals, child miners and minimal recycling, they are not the most ethical product in your possession. Enter Fairphone, the world’s first ethical, modular smartphone. Co-founder Sean Ansett joins Kate to discuss why we shouldn’t have to choose between …

On the eve of the Global Release (November 19) of RiverBlue, a new documentary, uncovers how the fashion industry plays a part in destroying our world's rivers. Kate sits down with director Roger Williams and river activist Mark Angelo about the (not so) hidden damage fashion is playing on water systems around the planet.…

Finding clean, nontoxic beauty options used to be nearly impossible. That's what Romain Gaillard realised when he opened The Detox Market as a pop-up, back in 2010. Now, with stores in LA and Toronto and corner stalls with synergistic partners, Romain Gaillard is dedicated to helping us 'detox our lives', easily. He joins Kate to share his journey …

Chid Liberty was born in Liberia, West Africa, but left as an infant and did not return for 28 years. Inspired by the Nobel Peace Prize winning Liberian Women’s Peace Movement, on his return Chid co-founded Liberty & Justice, Africa’s first Fair Trade Certified™ apparel manufacturer to provide economic opportunities for internally displaced women. …

Meika Hollender launched a brand that celebrates, educates and supports women by providing the products, knowledge and inspiration they need to proudly take control of their sexual health. She joins Kate to discuss making sex healthier and why she decided to launch Sustain Natural (with her father).By Magnifeco.com

During Climate Week NYC 2017, Kate gathered leaders from the fashion industry for an EcoSessions® on fashion's impact on climate change. Featuring Kate Black (moderating), Maxine Bedat (Zady), Vanessa Rothschild (H&M), Mara Hoffman (Mara Hoffman) and Nate Aden (World Resource Institute), the event was recorded live.…

Nicole Bridger launched her namesake label of chic apparel made from sustainable fabrics in 2006. Over the last ten years, she has evolved her vision and mission and joins Kate to share her journey and why she is closing her flagship store, and relaunching with a smaller, CORE collection - a line of timeless basics.…

Emmy nominated makeup artist JoAnn Fowler founded SAPPHO New Paradigm to be a natural and organic cosmetic brand free of synthetic preservatives and known carcinogens. JoAnn joins Kate to discuss the importance of clean and nontoxic beauty and how to make up a face in 5 minutes or less.By Magnifeco.com

Alexandra Wilkis Wilson is a serial entrepreneur known for co-founding Gilt Groupe and and GlamSquad, and a NYTimes bestselling author. With her new venture, Fitz, she has created an in-home service that organizes your closet, edits your wardrobe and offers personalized style recommendations, helping you 'buy less, choose well, make it last.' (Vivi…

After launching her own sustainable fashion brand (with the highest grossing Kickstarter in fashion, at the time of launch) Shannon Lohr decided to create a program to help other fashion brands get from idea to launch. Factory45 helps entrepreneurs source fabric, find a manufacturer and raise money to fund production.…

When Jessica Schreiber first appeared on Magnifeco Radio (Episode 5) she had just launched FABSCRAP, a fabric pickup and recycling business in New York City. Almost one-year later, she rejoins Kate to discuss the growth of the business, the current state of commercial textile waste and life as an entrepreneur. Magnifeco Radio is powered by Simpleca…

In a world drowning in plastic, today's guest co-founded a mycelium-based product that can be used for everything from insulation to furniture. Eben Bayer of Ecovative joins Kate to discuss following your passion and creating a sustainable product with endless uses and how to share it with the world.…

It's not just the fashion industry, we are making and buying 'stuff' at unprecedented rates. But what happens to it when we are done? Steven Bethel has been creating innovative solutions for the crisis of stuff for over twenty years and he joins Kate to talk about what recyclers and the used goods industry does with all of our stuff.…

When they opened their vegan shoe store MooShoes in 2001, sisters Erica and Sara Kubersky were ahead of the curve. By creating a retail solution to meet their personal problem (where can vegans buy shoes?) they met a market need and have cultivated a faithful following. Erica and Sara join Kate to discuss creating a successful, mission-driven busin…

French women care about two things: food and skin care. On her journey to overcome breast cancer, Valerie Grandury started to create her own skincare line. One that was freshly made and 100% organic. Valerie joins Kate to discuss how Odacité meets the French expectation of great skincare without preservatives or harmful chemicals.…

When Stephanie Benedetto cofounded a textile company with her college roommate, she was surprised to learn how much excess inventory brands and manufacturers had on their books. Set to fix that problem, she launched Queen of Raw, a technology platform to pair designers, students and brands with low cost inventory (textiles, finishings, even sewing …

The organic and natural beauty market is booming (the value is expected to reach $13.2 billion by 2018). Celebrity make-up artist and all around green beauty expert, Katey Denno, joins Kate to discuss the growth and dispel myths about the industry. Can we have clean, green beauty?By Heritage Radio Network

Seeing a void in the circular economy for apparel brands, the Renewal Workshop aims to help mitigate fashion waste. Co-founder Jeff Denby joins Kate to discuss this new business and how he plans to solve hard problems and create new systems that do what is good and right for people and for the planet.…

Kavita Parmar is a fashion designer, serial entrepreneur, founder and creative director of the IOU Project. Through the IOU Project she has built a bridge to connect consumers with artisans. Winner of UNSSC Leadership Award, Winner of the Luxury Briefing Award for Innovation of the Year in London, Winner of SOURCE Awards by Ethical Fashion Forum Lo…

Disturbed by the textile waste she witnessed in Cambodia, Rachel Faller pivoted and started zero waste fashion brand Tonlé. She's created jobs and mitigated waste all while producing a ready to wear line. She joins Kate to discuss the journey.By Heritage Radio Network

Liz Dee became a vegan as soon as she discovered the realities of factory farming. An ethical vegan and angel investor, Liz joins Kate to discuss veganism, disruptive companies and the future of conscious business models, across fashion, food and more.By Heritage Radio Network

Berlin-based entrepreneur and changemaker Andrea Bury created The ABURY Design Experience (ADEx) in 2015 as the first international contest to match one emerging designers with a traditional craft community to create an accessory capsule collection using traditional crafts knowledge from different cultures. Kate talks with Andrea about: the mission…

Is fashion ready for a revolution? Orsola de Castro and the team behind Fashion Revolution think so. Founded in the aftermath of the Rana Plaza factory collapse, Fashion Revolution is a global campaign that seeks greater transparency in the fashion industry. With events in over 90 countries, Orsola shares with Kate why (and how) everyone should get…

When accessories designer Francisca Pineda got sick from the leather she was working with, she knew she had to make a change. She co-founded Bhava Studio to redefine premium vegan footwear. She sits down with Kate to discuss the slow and steady task of building a (vegan) footwear brand.By Heritage Radio Network

Professor Rebecca Earley is a UK-based researcher and strategist for sustainable textiles and the circular economy. She sits down with Kate to discuss new closed-loop materials and products necessary to make fashion more sustainable.By Heritage Radio Network

With her many hats: model, scientist, activist, entrepreneur and author, one thing has remained constant for Summer Rayne Oakes, her urban oasis. Nestled into her Williamsburg apartment, Summer has over 500 plants and has now turned her attention to helping others become more attuned to nature in the city. Kate sits down with Summer to discuss this…

March 22 is World Water Day. Today's guest is one at the forefront of tackling the unseen problem of microfibers in our water. Microfibers are shed by clothing in the wash and are, by count, the single largest contributor to watershed plastic pollution in developed countries and account for a significant portion of plastic waste entering the ocean.…

3D printing minimizes waste and could revolutionize the future of fashion. Sylvia Heisel is a fashion designer and creative director working with new materials, manufacturing and physical computing for fashion and wearables. She joins Kate to discuss the intersection of technology and the sustainable future of fashion.…

The global textile and apparel industry employs around 75 million people, three quarters of whom are women. With International Women's Day around the corner, this week we sit down with NY fashion designer Mara Hoffman, who is not only shifting her brand and focus towards greater sustainability, but is adding socio-political messaging to use fashion…

For the past ten years, anti-fashion waste advocate Dr. Christina Dean has been pushing the agenda for a less polluting fashion industry. Today she announces that the EcoChic Design Award, a sustainable fashion design competition challenging emerging fashion designers to create mainstream clothing with minimal textile waste is now open to US design…

It wasn't until California-born fashion designer Peggy Sue Deaven-Smiltnieks settled into Canada that she found her roots and motivations as a designer; to design with respect for people, their traditions & the lands they live on. One of the first to translate fibreshed (the 'localization' of fibre sourcing) to runway, Peggy Sue joins Kate to discu…

The Global Fashion Exchange (GFX) has helped save 19 tons of clothes (nearly 40,000 pounds) from going to landfills through seven events held on three continents, in four global cities. Kate sits down with GFX co-founder Patrick Duffy to discuss getting the world to swap.By Heritage Radio Network

Andrew Morgan is an internationally recognized filmmaker focused on telling stories for a better tomorrow. His experience includes a broad range of work that spans narrative and documentary storytelling for multiple film and new media projects. He is probably best know for his film 'The True Cost'. Andrew joins Kate to discuss the role of storytell…

After a decade in the fashion industry, Mimi Plange launched her own label in 2010. She joins Kate to discuss the current FIT exhibition "Black Fashion Designers' and how African influenced and American made are the cornerstones of her label.By Heritage Radio Network

Entrepreuer Tal Dehtiar started his shoe company Oliberté in 2009 with one thought, 'can we not change they way commerce is done within Sub-Saharan Africa and support a thriving economy by focusing on manufacturing/' With the first Fair Trade Certified footwear factory and a thriving line of men's, women's and babies footwear and accessories, Dehta…

If consumers spent an extra 1% on U.S. goods, they would create 200,000 jobs. Sounds easy, but things have changed: in the 60’s, 95% of clothing sold in the U.S. was manufactured in NYC’s Garment District, today that number has decreased to 3%. Can all brands be manufactured in the USA? Today's guest, Anthony Lilore is a fashion designer and Produc…

As we start a new year and new season, artist, activist, fashion theorist, and Associate Professor in Integrated Design at Parsons, The New School for Design Otto von Busch joins Kate to reflect on fashion’s role in our lives. Are we addicted to fashion? And what can we do to change?By Heritage Radio Network

As with beauty and fashion, the ethical element of jewelry is dependent on source and supply chain. While arguably the brightest and possibly most expensive items in our wardrobe, the glitter of jewelry can mask the deplorable conditions that are rampant in this industry. What is being done to combat these issues? To discuss is renowned sustainable…

After an internship at Carolina Herrera, and launching his own zero-waste cocktail/evening wear collection, NYC-based designer Daniel Silverstein wanted to do more. He began collecting scraps from local factories and creating a flat textile from them. He then started making his own designs from this newly created yardage. He's begun offering the se…

Cotton is heavily embedded in the identity of this county. Often thought of as 'natural' and as the "fabric of our lives", we picture white tee-shirts, blue jeans, sheets hanging on the clothesline. By examining the role cotton played in slavery, this episode will delve into ways in which a large portion of the U.S. population, specifically people …

Behind agriculture, artisan activity is the second-largest employer in the developing world. According to the Alliance for Artisan Enterprise, “hundreds of thousands of people in the developing world, largely women, participate in the artisan sector. For many, their livelihood de- pends on income earned from their artisan activities.” In this episo…

Consumers are understanding the effect of gut health on their overall health, but what about for their face? Microbial balance in the gut is a new frontier and skin micro-biotic balance is even newer. Today's guest, founder of Marie Veronique Skincare, is at the forefront of skin science and will discuss skin health.…

The fashion industry continues to promote shopping 'new', while minimalists encourage not shopping at all. Neither is sustainable. Guest Rie Yano, co-founder of Material World, believes that by choosing quality fashion that can continue to be reused and shared by many, that sustainable consumption is possible.…

Today's guests discuss the Fibershed movement, local transparent supply chains and how Climate Beneficial Wool can lessen draught by building soil, sequestering carbon and holding water. Fibershed develops regional and regenerative textile systems on behalf of independent working producers, by expanding opportunities to implement carbon farming, fo…

Soapwalla Chef, Rachel Winard, spent years experimenting in her kitchen to create skincare products that wouldn't aggravate her sensitive skin issues caused by systemic lupus, a chronic autoimmune condition that almost always affects the skin. Soapwalla premiered December 2009 and is a luxurious skincare line crafted from the highest quality organi…

in 2015, Americans discarded 15.1 million tons of clothing and other textiles, and 85 percent of that wound up in landfills. Cities all over the world are scrambling to figure out what to do with textile waste. But it’s not just consumers – New York is a big manufacturing hub and today’s guest has launched a new business to help them get rid of the…

This week, Kate is joined by Brooklyn-based fashion designer Tara St. James of Study NY to discuss Slow Fashion. Slow Fashion is a movement of designing, creating and buying garments for quality & longevity. Slow Fashion encourages slower production schedules, fair wages, lower carbon footprints and (ideally) zero waste.…